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    RICH NONPROFIT HOSPITALS

    USA Today: Rich hospitals, poor safety plans leading up to coronavirus: Should rules change for them now?

    May 15, 2020

    Struggling hospitals and those hardest hit by COVID-19 should get more federal funding...

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    Mapping $12B College/University Coronavirus Bailout Money

    May 14, 2020

    State-by-state map of the CARES Act allocation of $12.5B to higher education institutions.​

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    The HEROES Act (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions)

    May 12, 2020

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a $3 trillion coronavirus aid on May 12, 2020​

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    TIME: Federal Stimulus Spending Is Giving the Lobbying Industry a Giant Windfall. This Firm Has Benefited the Most

    As lawmakers in Washington rushed to pass a nearly $2.3 trillion stimulus package...

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    WGN: Adam Andrzejewski Discusses Illinois' Pension Liabilities

    Open The Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski explains that Illinois' pension situation is...

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    Illinois Public Employee Salaries & Pensions $100,000 (2018-2019)

    Apr 27, 2020

    Illinois Public Employee Salaries & Pensions $100,000+ (2018-2019)

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    Fox & Friends: Illinois Asks Congress for a $41.6 Billion Bailout

    Steve Cortes of Fox & Friends discusses our Open The Books findings on Illinois'...

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    Forbes: Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 109,881 Public Employees With More Than $100,000 Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $14B

    Apr 21, 2020

    Illinois could soon be the first state in history to have its bonds rated as “junk.”​

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    Forbes: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And Jerry Nadler Want $4 Billion In Coronavirus Funding For Museums

    Apr 21, 2020

    Reps. AOC, Jerrold Nadler, and 8 other NY members of Congress argued that “museums...

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    Thomas W. Smith

    Real Clear Politics: The Stress Pandemic

    Deliberately closing down the economy, which has never been done before, has created...

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    Forbes: $3.5 Billion Has Flowed From U.S. Taxpayers To The World Health Organization Since 2010

    President Trump legitimized critics who allege that the agency shielded information...

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    America's Voice: How Tax Dollars are Managed by WHO

    Adam Andrzejewski discusses how taxpayer dollars are used in the World Health Organization.​

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    Deroy Murdock: Padding Coronavirus Stimulus Package with Pork Angers this John Kennedy

    Sen. Kennedy on Democrats accused of adding unrelated spending provisions to $2.2T...

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    Forbes: What Would Tom Coburn Do?

    Mar 31, 2020

    Last Saturday, America lost a true giant and one of the great men in our nation’s...

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    In Loving Memory of Open The Books Honorary Chairman Dr. Tom Coburn

    Open The Books Honorary Chairman Sen. Tom Coburn passed away on March 27, 2020.

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    Forbes: Is There Wasteful Spending In The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill?

    Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion “Phase III” emergency...

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